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Newbie gardener. Beans doing poorly.
(lemmy.world)
I built a new bed this year and started some beans, tomatoes, and zucchini from seed. The beans were in blast off mode in the starter pots before I planted them, literally climbing my windows. The day I planted them in the bed, however, they started struggling and don’t seem to be recovering. I am at a loss what is going on here and hoping one of you kind folks can help me. Photographed is one of the leaves that seemes to just be curling up and dying. Please help!
Two things are going on.
First the leaves - That is sunscald. It happens to plants that are raised under lower light conditions then exposed to direct sunlight.
Second the plant is experiencing transplant shock. This is a wound response from the roots being damaged during transplant. The plant has to pause it's rapid growth to heal it's roots and grow new ones. This can take a few weeks in severe cases.
Now for the good news - if the plant is sending out new dark green smaller leaves it's recovering from the damage and will eventually be fine.
Oh that is great to hear! Thanks for the info! I am very hopeful they will oull through